Best Place to Sell Robin Hood Tales #7

Publisher: DC, 1957

About Robin Hood Tales #7

First DC issue. Numbering continues from the Quality series. Irv Novick and Gil Kane cover. Ross Andru art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: King Richard's Iron Mask!

Characters: Robin Hood

Pencils: Irv Novick (layouts); Gil Kane

Inks: Joe Kubert

Notes: Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Schwartz kept editorial records for Robert Kanigher, who edited this issue (added by Greg Fischer, October 2007). Joe Giella was originally listed as inker by the GCD.

STORY DETAILS

(7 Stories)

Title: Attack of the Sea Raiders!

Characters: Robin Hood

Synopsis: Robin and his Merry Men, acting on King Richard's request, try to defend England from Vikings. But attacking a ship on the water proves a disaster. The Merry Men retreat as Robin is captured. Challenging the Viking chief to a duel, Robin escapes overboard. Robin asks Prince John for help, but the evil usurper refuses. The band prepares, then lures the Vikings upriver, blocks their ships with a giant chain, and defeats them on land. The Vikings surrender. But Robin worries about England's future under Prince John...

Pages: 9.500

Script: Bob Haney

Pencils: Ross Andru

Inks: Mike Esposito

Reprints: DC Special (DC, 1968 series) #23 (August-September 1976)

Title: The Knot of Terror!

Characters: Robin Hood

Synopsis: Prince John binds the gates of Huntingdon with a huge Gordian knot that no one can untie. The people are trapped within as crops wither. Robin Hood approaches, but is captured. The Prince offers a deal: untie the knot or forfeit your life. Robin tries to unfasten the knot but fails. Robin is to be drowned in a ducking chair, but swims away. A boy says Robin can cut to the heart of any problem. Disguising as a guard, drawing a bow, Robin fires many arrows into the knot, weakening it, then rips it away. The town is free!

Pages: 7.670

Script: Bob Haney

Pencils: Ross Andru

Inks: Mike Esposito

Title: King Richard's Iron Mask!

Characters: Robin Hood

Synopsis: Maid Marian visits a castle where a prisoner in an iron mask pleads for help. It's King Richard, imprisoned by Prince John. The king convinces Marian as he recalls hunting boar with her. Marian goes to Sherwood, and Robin and his Merry Men rush to the rescue. But they're ambushed and captured! Prince John set a trap: the prisoner is his own hireling. Robin went ahead and was murdered. The Merry Men leave in disgrace. The Man in the Iron Mask appears - and is actually Robin Hood, who robs Prince John and swings away laughing.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Bob Haney

Pencils: Ross Andru

Inks: Mike Esposito

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